Here is the new 2022 school calendar for South Africa

Basic education minister Angie Motshekga has published the updated 2022 calendar for South African public schools.

Schools, for teachers and pupils in inland provinces – Gauteng, Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West – will reopen on January 10 and 12 respectively.

The Department of Basic Education has gazetted the proposed school calendar for the 2023 academic year for comment and confirmed the school calendar for the 2022 school year.

After two years of Covid-19 lockdowns which significantly impacted teaching time, both the 2022 and the 2023 calendar will see a return to some normality with the return of ‘staggered’ open dates for both inland and coastal provinces.

This staggered date has historically accommodated people who were travelling from holidays – another part of South African life that has been significantly disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

In 2022, inland schools will open from 12 January, while coastal schools are set to open from 19 January. The closing date for both inland and coastal schools is 14 December.

This equates to 199 actual school days for students.